Uterine supporter



Pateted Nov. 7, 1882.;-

v FW (No Model.)

E. JAMES.

UTERINB SUPPORTBR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ELI JAMES, OF PIOKERING, MISSOURI.

UTERINE SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,994, dated November 7, 1882.

Application tiled May E26, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concer-n Be it known that I, ELI JAMES, a citizen of' ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication.

The object ot' this invention is to support the uterus, and the surrounding wall ot' the vagina; and it consists in the novel construetiou and arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specitically set forth in the claim.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figurel repsents kthe vagina and uterus, with my device introduced. Fig.2 is a view ot'the same, showing the pessary removed. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views.

A is the anterior ring of the device, provided with a concave surface, B, and within said .concave surface is a small oritice, O, for admitting air to the interior of the supporter. At the upper surface ot' this concave ring` is an oblong opening or lateral ring or vessel, D, for supporting the uterus. The inner concave walls or surfaces of the vessel D form an obtuse angle with each other, and form a large receptacle of considera-ble depth. Within this vessel D is affixed or formed an inner vessel, E, one side thereof being curved and inclined and the other side also inclined, both being at an angle of forty-live degrees, the apex oi' inclination heilig shown at-E, Fig. 4, ot' the drawings. At the anterior part of this vessel orcup E is a small foramen, F, for the purpose of admitting air to the womb, and also for the purpose ot' draining the same. At the posterior part of the oblong ring or vessel D is formed a convex surface, G, which extends to the under surface of this oblonglateral ring or vessel D. At the bottom ot' the anterior ring and at the beginning of the convex surface ot' the lateral ring or vessel D is an airchamber, H, for the purpose of holding the uterine supporter to its place, and the upper part ofthe anterior ring is joined to the anterior part of the oblong lateral ring or vessel D', as at I, Fig. 4.

ELI JAMES.

X'Vtnesses J. I. SARE, WM. M WALLIS. 

